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For Clinton, Bid Hinges on Texas and Ohio
    #8012626 - 02/12/08 09:53 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and her advisers increasingly believe that, after a series of losses, she has been boxed into a must-win position in the Ohio and Texas primaries on March 4, and she has begun reassuring anxious donors and superdelegates that the nomination is not slipping away from her, aides said on Monday.

Mrs. Clinton held a buck-up-the-troops conference call on Monday with donors, superdelegates and other supporters; several said afterward that she had sounded tired and a little down, but determined about Ohio and Texas.

They also said that they had not been especially soothed, and that they believed she might be on a losing streak that could jeopardize her competitiveness in those states.

“She has to win both Ohio and Texas comfortably, or she’s out,” said one superdelegate who has endorsed Mrs. Clinton, and who spoke on condition of anonymity to share a candid assessment. “The campaign is starting to come to terms with that.” Campaign advisers, also speaking privately in order to speak plainly, confirmed this view.

Several Clinton superdelegates, whose votes could help decide the nomination, said Monday that they were wavering in the face of Mr. Obama’s momentum after victories in Washington State, Nebraska, Louisiana and Maine last weekend.

Some said that they, like the hundreds of uncommitted superdelegates still at stake, might ultimately “go with the flow,” in the words of one, and support the candidate who appears to show the most strength in the primaries to come.

The Clinton team moved on Monday to shift the spotlight off the candidate’s short-term challenges and focus instead on “the long run,” in the words of her senior strategist, Mark Penn.

“She has consistently shown an electoral resiliency in difficult situations that have made her a winner,” Mr. Penn said. “Senator Obama has in fact never had a serious Republican challenger.”

Clinton advisers have said that superdelegates should support the candidate who they believe would be the best nominee and the best president, while Obama advisers have argued that superdelegates should reflect the will of the voters and also take into account who they believe would be the best nominee. Superdelegates are Democratic party leaders and elected officials, and their votes could decide the nomination if neither candidate wins enough delegates to clinch a victory after the nominating contests end.

With primaries on Tuesday in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, Clinton advisers were pessimistic about her chances, though some held out hope for a surprise performance in Virginia.

And as polls show Mr. Obama gaining strength in Wisconsin and his native state, Hawaii, which vote next Tuesday, advisers, donors and superdelegates said they were resigned to a possible Obama sweep of the rest of February’s contests.

Some donors also expressed concern about a widening money imbalance between Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton: Obama fund-raisers say he is taking in roughly $1 million a day, while Clinton fund-raisers say she is taking in about half of that, mostly online. Mrs. Clinton’s aides say that the campaign was virtually broke as of the Feb. 5 primaries, but that finances have stabilized.

Mr. Obama’s financial edge allowed him to begin running television advertisements in Ohio and Texas on Monday, while the Clinton campaign plans to begin advertising on Tuesday. Clinton advisers say that she will have advertisements running statewide in both Ohio and Texas, and that she will have advertisements in English and Spanish in Texas.
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Re: For Clinton, Bid Hinges on Texas and Ohio [Re: lonestar2004]
    #8012665 - 02/12/08 10:13 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Ohio and Texas need to step up for change and vote Obama:thumbup:


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Re: For Clinton, Bid Hinges on Texas and Ohio [Re: dill705]
    #8012721 - 02/12/08 10:32 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

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dill705 said:
Ohio and Texas need to step up for change and vote Obama:thumbup:




change......


“Barack Obama” picks his campaign slogan

http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/31/video-barack-obama-picks-his-campaign-slogan/


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Re: For Clinton, Bid Hinges on Texas and Ohio [Re: lonestar2004]
    #8012782 - 02/12/08 10:46 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

I don't think crying will help her again. I wonder what spoiled brat dirty tricks she will try to pull.


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Re: For Clinton, Bid Hinges on Texas and Ohio [Re: fireworks_god]
    #8012818 - 02/12/08 10:55 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Florida and Michigan scam.

i do not like Obama, but i am praying that he can take out the Clinton machine.


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Re: For Clinton, Bid Hinges on Texas and Ohio [Re: lonestar2004]
    #8012965 - 02/12/08 11:46 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

It is crucial for the future of the US that Hillary win the Dem's nomination. With her as the Dem nominee, a Republican win is assured. With B-Rock at the helm, it's not a lock that McCain will be elected.




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Re: For Clinton, Bid Hinges on Texas and Ohio [Re: Phred]
    #8013013 - 02/12/08 12:01 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Not a lock?

I think if B-Rock gets the nod from the Dems Mccain is done.

Unless they find video of Barack and Michelle smoking crack in their campaign van while letting James Carville diddle their little girls, he doesn't have a chance in hell of losing to that old fuck.


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Re: For Clinton, Bid Hinges on Texas and Ohio [Re: lonestar2004]
    #8013030 - 02/12/08 12:06 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

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i do not like Obama, but i am praying that he can take out the Clinton machine.




He will. He now has the message, momentum and money to get the job done. He will only pick up strength as the primaries continue. Hillary had to loan her own campaign $5 mill while Obama raised an obscene amount of money during the same time frame. That says a lot.

It may come down to those super delegates though. I am betting they will ultimately side with Obama (who I expect to have the most primary delegates by then) although I am sure Bill has been twisting their arms behind the scenes. Whoever has the most delegates at convention time should garner the support of the super delegates. If not there will be big, big trouble for the democrats.

I am not sure why you would prefer Hillary as the nominee though as Obama would be an 8% pt winner over McCain today while Hillary is statistically dead even.


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Re: For Clinton, Bid Hinges on Texas and Ohio [Re: zorbman]
    #8013041 - 02/12/08 12:09 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

I don't think it will come down to them.

She is on the run and like you say he has all the momentum.


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If it is life that you feel you are missing I can tell you where to find it.  In the law courts, in business, in government.  There is nothing occurring in the streets. Nothing but a dumbshow composed of the helpless and the impotent.    -Cormac MacCarthy

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.  - Aeschylus

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Re: For Clinton, Bid Hinges on Texas and Ohio [Re: Phred]
    #8014208 - 02/12/08 06:11 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

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Phred said:
It is crucial for the future of the US that Hillary win the Dem's nomination. With her as the Dem nominee, a Republican win is assured. With B-Rock at the helm, it's not a lock that McCain will be elected.

Phred





I'm not afraid of the Magic Negro! Obama is an empty suit.

He has what? 2 years of experience in the Senate. WTF He's been running for President longer than that!

And how far can this empty bullshit of “change” and “hope” take him?
his entire campaign is all fluff.....


WHAT HAS OBAMA DONE!


anybody......


BTW talking is not doing.


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Re: For Clinton, Bid Hinges on Texas and Ohio [Re: lonestar2004]
    #8014356 - 02/12/08 06:42 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Just one accomplishment?

Barack Seinfeld.......


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Re: For Clinton, Bid Hinges on Texas and Ohio [Re: lonestar2004]
    #8014379 - 02/12/08 06:47 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Perhaps the best is yet to come?

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Re: For Clinton, Bid Hinges on Texas and Ohio [Re: Phred]
    #8014383 - 02/12/08 06:48 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

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It is crucial for the future of the US that Hillary win the Dem's nomination. With her as the Dem nominee, a Republican win is assured. With B-Rock at the helm, it's not a lock that McCain will be elected.




Phred




It cracks me up how you thing a Democrat is going to bring the apocalypse upon the US. If we can make it through the last atrocious eight years, I think the other part deserves a chance to do something worthwhile.

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Re: For Clinton, Bid Hinges on Texas and Ohio [Re: Redstorm]
    #8015420 - 02/12/08 10:04 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

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It is crucial for the future of the US that Hillary win the Dem's nomination. With her as the Dem nominee, a Republican win is assured. With B-Rock at the helm, it's not a lock that McCain will be elected.




Phred




It cracks me up how you thing a Democrat is going to bring the apocalypse upon the US. If we can make it through the last atrocious eight years, I think the other part deserves a chance to do something worthwhile.




Agreed 100%. You can say it will be a bad 8 years if you like, but its idiocy to say the country cannot survive.


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Re: For Clinton, Bid Hinges on Texas and Ohio [Re: zorbman]
    #8015836 - 02/13/08 12:10 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

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He will. He now has the message, momentum and money to get the job done. He will only pick up strength as the primaries continue. Hillary had to loan her own campaign $5 mill while Obama raised an obscene amount of money during the same time frame. That says a lot.

It may come down to those super delegates though. I am betting they will ultimately side with Obama (who I expect to have the most primary delegates by then) although I am sure Bill has been twisting their arms behind the scenes. Whoever has the most delegates at convention time should garner the support of the super delegates. If not there will be big, big trouble for the democrats.




It doesn't bode well for the Hillary campaign, it would seem. I see that her campaign is saying that some whites are not ready to vote for Obama, which shows how desperate they are to take any swing at Obama they can take, trying to play the race card. I think it will only hurt her to do this, because Obama has been pretty capable of bringing in a lot of white voters, and he is in a better position to respond, as the front-runner now. He just won three more primaries tonight.

Her funding is worse than they try to make it seem, and her campaign's conclusion that it lies on winning in Texas and Ohio is a sign that she is in real trouble. I see distinct parallels between this and Giuliani expressing that his campaign depended on Florida, while he kept taking loss after loss after loss in the meantime, and she has two states that she must win.... doesn't look good.

The Party is ready to seal the deal as swiftly as possible to stay competitive in the national race, and to prevent the loss of their own unity. They are ready to shift to whoever has the most momentum, which Obama clearly has, and he's very preferable as their candidate anyways. Tom Daschle has been talking with other Democratic leaders to bring them to Obama, and its been noted that there are senior Democratic leaders who do not want another Clinton in the White House.

She's too conservative for their party, too divisive to lead them, and she's favored by conservatives as their candidate more than their own eventual nomination. Hillary cannot handle appearing weak in the national spotlight, and she's already underneath a lot of stress. I think she'll suffer a nervous breakdown soon if she doesn't realize that she simply needs to back down from the campaign.


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Re: For Clinton, Bid Hinges on Texas and Ohio [Re: fireworks_god]
    #8015909 - 02/13/08 12:24 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Unless she can somehow shift the conversation between now and March 4th I think her campaign is effectively over.

Obama has the MoJo.

And it is risin' baby.


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Re: For Clinton, Bid Hinges on Texas and Ohio [Re: zorbman]
    #8015914 - 02/13/08 12:25 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

It'll be over on the evening of March 3rd, barring a miracle.


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Re: For Clinton, Bid Hinges on Texas and Ohio [Re: Madtowntripper]
    #8015969 - 02/13/08 12:35 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

He also has a great plan that will be very progressive and create a lot of growth and development in this country, and he'll have the support of a Democratic Congress to make it happen. I'm looking forward to seeing how he does in office. :thumbup:


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Re: For Clinton, Bid Hinges on Texas and Ohio [Re: Redstorm]
    #8016403 - 02/13/08 06:36 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

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It cracks me up how you thing a Democrat is going to bring the apocalypse upon the US. If we can make it through the last atrocious eight years, I think the other part deserves a chance to do something worthwhile.




Although four years of having a Lefty in the White House may be survivable (grim as fuck, mind you -- especially if he/she manages to get socialized medicine up and running in that time -- but survivable), having four (or even more... who knows what medical advances we might see coming out in the next few decades to extend lifespan) decades of a Supreme Court packed with Lefty legislators rather than constitutionalist judges won't be survivable. It'll be the end of the last remaining vestiges of America.



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Re: For Clinton, Bid Hinges on Texas and Ohio [Re: Phred]
    #8016556 - 02/13/08 08:12 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Phred:
Which 'vestiges' are you talking about?

Texas and Ohio:
I expect her to win Texas. I don't know about Ohio though.

The thought that the whole thing could be decided by Super-Delegates is disheartening to me.


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